The dodo is an extinct bird of Mauritius, which is known to have existed towards the end, of the seventeenth century. It was a clumsy, short-legged bird, unable to fly, and gradually died out because of its inability to'stand against tho animals imported into the island' by settler?.
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Evening Star, Issue 19614, 21 July 1927, Page 14
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48Page 14 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 19614, 21 July 1927, Page 14
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